Battle of Midway and the Aleutian Islands Photographs

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Aerial photograph of Midway Atoll, 24 Nov 1941	Buildings in Dutch Harbor in flames after Japanese strike, 3 Jun 1942	Japanese Navy Flight Petty Officer Tadayoshi Koga's A6M Zero fighter damaged by anti-aircraft fire over Dutch Harbor, Alaska, United States, 3 Jun 1942, photo 1 of 2	Japanese Navy Flight Petty Officer Tadayoshi Koga's A6M Zero fighter damaged by anti-aircraft fire over Dutch Harbor, Alaska, United States, 3 Jun 1942, photo 2 of 2

A B5N torpedo bomber approached Yorktown, 4 un 1942	A B5N torpedo bomber shot down by Yorktown's anti-aircraft fire crashing into the sea, 4 Jun 1942, photo 1 of 2	A B5N torpedo bomber shot down by Yorktown's anti-aircraft fire crashing into the sea, 4 Jun 1942, photo 2 of 2	A Japanese Type 97 torpedo aircraft (upper right) approached Yorktown during the mid-afternoon torpedo attack by planes from the carrier Hiryu, 4 Jun 1942

A Japanese Type 97 torpedo bomber flew near a 20mm gun of Yorktown, mid-afternoon of 4 Jun 1942	A Type 99 dive bomber attacked Yorktown, seen from cruiser Astoria, 4 Jun 1942	Akagi and a destroyer under B-17 attack at Midway, shortly after 0800, 4 Jun 1942	Astoria stopped to pick up downed pilot Lt (jg) Paul Holmberg, 1342, 4 Jun 1942; the SBD piloted by Lt Cmdr Maxwell Leslie in center of picture was also about to ditch from low fuel

B5N from carrier Hiryu attacked Yorktown during Battle of Midway, 4 Jun 1942	Battle of Midway diorama by Norman Bel Geddes	Bomb fragment damage in Yorktown's hangar, 4 Jun 1942	Catwalk on the port side of Yorktown bent as a result of torpedo damage, 4 Jun 1942

Corpsmen treating casualties aboard Yorktown, 4 Jun 1942	Crew of Yorktown prepared to abandon ship, 4 Jun 1942	Crew of Yorktown struggled to maintain balance as the ship listed, 4 Jun 1942	Cruiser Vincennes and a destroyer guarded Yorktown as the carrier was being abandoned, 4 Jun 1942